Dear list members, This is the first message on the Silent-PC mailing list. After I created this list I was waiting some time to allow people to join. Every...
Hrvoje Nezic
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Jun 25, 2000 7:36 am
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Scenic xS For the comparative test, the German-Japanese computer giant submitted a design solution with the emphasis on good ergonomics, in the shape of its...
Hrvoje Nezic
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Jun 28, 2000 8:30 am
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I forgot to include URLs in the previous message: http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/en/aboutus/doc/scenicxs_pc_prof_5_2000.doc ...
Hrvoje Nezic
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Jun 28, 2000 9:15 am
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... design ... These are interesting facts, but it's not that impressing. Both the LapPower Whisper System and the recently introduced CapTech Decibel are much...
Tomas Risberg
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Jun 28, 2000 8:21 pm
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... This is really impressing, but unfortunately, Whisper and Decibel computers are available only in Sweden. (Oh, you lucky Swedes :) ). ... I don't know,...
Hrvoje Nezic
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Jun 30, 2000 9:14 am
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[received the following message from Vicky Parra of Noise Pollution Clearinghouse <npc@...> about an M.I.T. site on Quiet and Silent PC's. -DS] ... ...
David Staudacher
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Jul 1, 2000 2:55 pm
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This is my first post to the list. I am building a silent computer for my brother sometime within a month or so (Project 'Shhh') and thought I would post my...
Thomas Grov
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Jul 3, 2000 6:55 am
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Good questions Thomas, your idea is a sound one but needs your to experiment cautiously to get things right. I've seen most of the Intel Slot chips running...
Allan Toombs
organic_acid@...
Jul 3, 2000 6:25 pm
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Hi Thomas I'm also striving toward a silent PC but as long as you've got a hard drive it's never going to happen! The only way to achieve total silence is to...
Glenn Garrett
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Jul 3, 2000 8:13 pm
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... As I have got it the Whisper system sadly isn't available any more, since the Lap Power company has been put in to liquidation. Hopefully someone wants to...
Tomas Risberg
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Jul 3, 2000 9:37 pm
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Thanks for all the help. I have abandoned the thought of making a fanless pc, but instead intend to use as quiet parts as possible (and since the computer is...
Thomas Grov
aeon2@...
Jul 5, 2000 12:17 pm
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... Glenn, I'm curious about this statement. Unless you are heavily into games or other multimedia, I would claim that a 100W power supply is more than...
Terry Gray
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Jul 5, 2000 10:19 pm
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... Very interesting project, but I don't think the 566 Celeron can be underclocked because of the clocklock. Only bus speed can be altered, and it's already...
Thomas Grov
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Jul 5, 2000 10:56 pm
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... Yes, you were right, it is possible to order their PCs from other countries. Thanks for the suggestion! Regards, Hrvoje Nezic...
Hrvoje Nezic
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Jul 6, 2000 7:08 am
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Hi, Here's a thought about fan noise. We have this small fast and probably noisy fan on cpu. And we also have often extra case fan. Now can't we combine these...
sami.rantala@...
Jul 11, 2000 4:40 pm
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Sami, The latest ATX power supply spec is designed to encourage single-fan solutions. I've only seen one hobbyist case that takes advantage of it, however....
Terry Gray
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Jul 11, 2000 6:01 pm
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... Thomas, I'm not sure (though lots of gamers like the Celery 566 because it is apparently easy to *over*clock it...) however, looking at the reference Glenn...
Terry Gray
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Jul 11, 2000 6:11 pm
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Terry, I see one problem with the Fong Kai approach. They use the duct to pull out air. So they really aren't bringing the cold (relatively) air from outside...
Sami Rantala
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Jul 12, 2000 9:43 am
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Hi, Does anyone know how effective different ways of silencing are? (Yes, I know: get silent power supply, fans and hd ;) For example, how much I can expect to...
Sami Rantala
sami.rantala@...
Jul 12, 2000 9:59 am
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Hi Sami I don't know anyone who has obtained good results from lining the case with sound absorption material, although this may help if you have a case with a...
Glenn Garrett
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Jul 12, 2000 5:17 pm
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*** Message re-sent without digital signature. My apologies that you received two copies, especially if the first one was unreadable. Hi Sami I don't know...
Glenn Garrett
glenn@...
Jul 12, 2000 5:21 pm
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Has anyone experiense in water cooling? I've heard that it may be more silent (depending on the pump) than air cooling. For example one could build silencing...
Sami Rantala
sami.rantala@...
Jul 21, 2000 2:21 pm
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Hi, ... I used the Senfu watercooling kit (reviewed on many overclockers websites by now) to replace the Cool-it Dude fan on my Athlon 700. It works just fine...
silent-pc-list@...
Jul 21, 2000 3:24 pm
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Water cooling seems a bit OTT from my viewpoint. During the week I was thinking about how quality hi-fi has been dealing with cooling and noise for years and...
Allan Toombs
organic_acid@...
Jul 22, 2000 6:19 pm
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Just been eyeing up the new A7V Duron motherboard from ASUS. It mentions a new feature called Auto Fan Off but gives no further details. Can anyone shed any...
Allan Toombs
organic_acid@...
Jul 23, 2000 4:17 pm
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... It seems like the Calm System will use this solution. They say it will be available in September: http://www.cnssystem.com/product.html Regards, Tomas...
Tomas Risberg
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Jul 23, 2000 9:20 pm
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Hi Allan, ... This simply means the board will switch off the CPU fan when placed in suspend mode. Most ASUS boards have this feature, as do most Giga-Byte ...
Shayne Lennox
slennox@...
Jul 24, 2000 4:31 am
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Hi I came over this link with a new atx case that is going to be manufactured... aluminum and made for being quiet and cool... ...
Thomas Grov
aeon2@...
Jul 26, 2000 11:12 am
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Hi Art, Have you tried it yet? How did it go? Sami ... shouldn't ... chassis. ... weekend....
Sami Rantala
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Jul 27, 2000 1:00 pm
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Hi Terry Sorry it's taken so long for me to reply but I've been working on a project similar to the one you describe and thought it would be better until I had...
